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Camila Albornoz is an anthropologist with a BA in social anthropology and a master's degree in urban development, both from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research explores how emerging technologies reshape socio-ecological relations. She has worked as a research assistant examining the intersections between the environment, technology, and socio-technical futures, with early research addressing the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, particularly its intensive water consumption. Her doctoral project examines green hydrogen development in Chilean Patagonia, documenting the frictions, uncertainties, and diverse futures that emerge as global green agendas encounter specific territories, and asking what kinds of planetary futures are being made—and for whom—at the edges of the so-called green revolution. Her research interests include science and technology studies (STS), environmental humanities, more-than-human perspectives, decolonial theory, and urban anthropology.
Dissertation project: Green Hydrogen Futures: Exploring the Socio-Ecological Implications and Narratives of Green Development in Patagonia
Selected Publications:
- with Felipe Irarrazaval and Francisca Bogolasky. “The troubled geography of green jobs: Examining the estimations and expectations of green hydrogen development in regional labor markets in Chile.” Applied Geography 186 (2026): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103828.
- with Martin Tironi. “Divergent Futures in a Damaged Territory: The Rise of Data Centers and Water Conflicts in Santiago de Chile.” Journal of Urban Technology 32, no. 4 (2025): 51–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2025.2546784.
- with Martin Tironi. “Decolonizing AI? Lessons from a failed experiment.” Big Data & Society 12, no. 3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251365224.
- with Martin Tironi. “Surveillance and the Ecology of Frictions in Platform Urbanism: The Case of Delivery Workers in Santiago de Chile.” Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology, and Society 5, no. 1 (2022): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2022.2123633.
- with Martin Tironi and Marcos Chilet. “Problematizing human-centered design: Notes on planet-oriented design”. Disegno industriale industrial design (diid) 77 (2022): 38–49. https://doi.org/10.30682/diid7722c.
- with Giovanni Vecchio, Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken and Martín Tironi. “Delivery Workers and the Interplay of Digital and Mobility (In)justice.” Digital Geography and Society 3 (2022): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2022.100036.